The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-15
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Accidents and Incidents In iWost Virginia
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Senator Kenna Is booked for q speech
at the ex-Coniederate reunion in Missouri
on the 14th Of September.
Senator Kenna and family have returned
to their home at Charleston from White
Sulphur Springs, where they have been
spending some time. n III 81
Sewers, a new court house, streets paved
with fire brick and the /, introduction OF
natural gas as fuei, are enumerated by
tho Petersburg Stale Journal as a few 81
the pressing needs of that town. ~ .55
Frank Dotson, OF Richie county, in at
tempting TO jump of a Ba& O. freight
train at his home near Alorganville, loaf
his balance and fell under. the wheelu,
One leg and one arm were cut of. 'i55-a: (,
The West Virginia Enierprise, the organ
OF the colored people heretofore edited by
Rev. Mr.. Payne at Charleston will here.
after be conducted by ] :. Ed win Campbell, :
an educated young Ohioau. he is highly
spoken Of. N; As. Il.
Edgar Halatead, a young man Of Nicho.
las county, while repairing revolver acct 4
dontally discharged 1t and was severely
wounded in the thigh. The ball has not
been recovered and death from blood.
poisoning is feared. ga
Il is proposed by several eitiz ans Of Nor
gantown to organize a company to manu-
facture FIRE brick, and the West Virginia
Railroad authorities have made them an
advantageous offer Of grounds for build
ings and fire clay territory up Deckes's
creek, with good freight rates. l35t} y !. ;-
A good looking young woman named
Ferguson, aged about 20, livlngiu Putnam
county near the Lincoln county line, has
been put In jail charged with stealing $500
from DR., George Nye, in whose family eho
was employed as q domestic. She hiss
managed in some way to dispose OF nearly
all that cum. n. u EiEs' az AZ ji25.
The District Lodge OF the G. U. 90
F., OF West Virginia held its annual nect-
ing at Maiden few days since. P. b.
Burbridge, principal Of tho Charleston
colored schools for the ensuing year, wea
elected District Master; VIM. Suibland,
Of Point Pleasant, was elected Districi
Secretary. f1st33t& fs,i
Mas Belle, daughter Of Sheriff Barry, OF
Bra1ton county, .eloped q few S'days sincs
with a man named Crutchlield. The
father pursued, and overhauling tho pair
at Writ 9. e. compelled them to return
home and be married in proper manner.
Before he could induce them to do this,
however, he had to knock his prospective
son.in-law down. They had Get their
minda on going down the river.
Rev. RIA. Gibson, who for several yaars
has been rector Of Trinity church OF Par
keraburg, has concluded to sever his coz.
nection with that church in order to accept
q call from Christ Church OF Cincinnati.
!. He will 20 there some time In October.
That church is the Oldest Protestant Epis.
copal church in Cincinnati, and ono nf
! tho strongest and most Influential. Mr..
). Gibson went to Pdrkersburg in 1878 and
found the congregation worshipping in
small, unpretentioua franc house. Untsr
his administration On elegant stone church
has been built, also mission house and
: other great improvements have been
brought about at an expenditure OF $55,.
= 200, raised by the congregation, 81